Posts tagged Chester
Premio Loco wins Summer Mile
Jul 10th
George Baker is not only the tallest jockey in the weighing room, he is also the thinnest and he somehow managed to thread Premio Loco through the narrowest of gaps to win the Group Two totesport.com Summer Mile Stakes at Ascot. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Premio-Loco-shines-in-Summer-Mile-a15861
John Smith’s Cup preview
Jul 10th
Since Icona won for him in 1989, Sir Michael Stoute has saddled eight losing favourites or joint-favourites for the John Smith’s Cup at York but that should not detract from his entry for the 51st running of this valuable handicap. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Imposing-chance-for-Sir-Michael-Stoute-a15762
No Harbinger of doom for Sir Michael Stoute
May 7th
Facts and figures can sound impressive but they have yet to be known to encourage a horse to run faster. That said, the statistics behind Harbinger’s chances in the Group Three Boodles Diamond Ormonde Stakes at Chester are compelling. Sir Michael Stoute has a 22% strike-rate with his runners at the track in the last [...]
Rocket Man ready for take-off at Chester
May 6th
Such is the pace of the Flat racing’s menu at this time of year that the Guineas meeting still lingers on the palate as the next Classic course is being served. Aidan O’Brien still has 38 entries for the Derby and the latest of the Ballydoyle battalions to be tried is Rocket Man, who runs [...]
Tom Dascombe scores for Michael Owen at Chester
May 5th
Trainers often spend their time on a racecourse being force-fed the views of others but David Pipe certainly has no regrets heeding the advice given to him at Aintree last month. Richard Hughes – who was at the meeting assisting his father, Dessie, with his runners at the Grand National meeting – suggested that the [...]
Looking for the inside track at Chester
May 5th
The draw might not appear to play a significant part in a race run over an extended two-and-a-quarter miles but then few such races are run at a track like Chester. The course is only just over a mile in total and its tight nature means that a single-figure draw, which allows the chance for [...]
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